Building.



L. SGHNUERER.

BUILDING.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 20, 1909.

a SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

L. SGHNUERER.

BUILDING.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 20, 1909.

1,000,348.. Patented Aug. 8,1911.

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BUILDING.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 20, 1909.

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Patented Aug. 8

3 SHEETS- 222255 E5 XX LOUIS SCHNUERER, OF ELYRIA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO SAID LOUIS SCH NUEREB, AND G. H. LEWIS, TRUSTEES.

BUILDING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. s, 1911.

Application filed December 20, 1909. Serial No. 534,089.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs SCHNUERER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elyria, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buildings, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide an elastic knock-down building, preferably for use as a barn for automobiles and like vehicles, and comprising end portions and transverse separable units each composed of numerous separable sections which are easily handled and transported from one place to another, but which, when connected together in the proper manner, form a substantial building or barn, and the most important feature of the structure is that a transverse sectional unit of the building, composed of two side sections and corresponding roof sections, may be added or removed as the case may be to increase or decrease the length of the building as desider, thus providing a building which is elastic in its construction sothat it may be lengthened or shortened within certain limits to conform to any desired measurements.

This invention, therefore, relates generally to buildings but is particularly designed as an improvement in elastic or extensible knock-down barns or sheds for antomobiles and the like.

More specifically the invention relates to a building made up of suitable ends composed of separable sections, separable side sections which are interchangeable and separable roof sections which are also interchangeable, the interchangeable feature. of the side and roof sections making it possible to' increase or decrease the length of the building by supplying or doing away with a section on each side, together with the corresponding roof section.

The invention also resides in constructing the sections of metal frames to which is secured any sheet material, preferably corrugated sheet iron.

Novelty also resides in 'the connecting device between adjacent sections and this device is of a character such that the sections may be quickly locked in and out of engagement wit-h each other.

This invention may be further briefly summarized as consisting in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter -be deferred until that point.

set forth in the following description, drawings and claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view'of a building constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2 is a view taken transversely through the building at the meeting point of the sect-ions but with the left side sections removed; Fig. 3 is an inside elevation of one side of the house; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the frame of the gable end; Fig. 5 is a detail View of a portion of one of the rails showing the receiving opening for the securing bolt; Fig. 6 is a section upon the line. 66 of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a detail view of a portion of one of the side rails having a securing bolt secured therein; Fig. 8 is an inside elevation of one of the side sections; Fig. 9 is an inside elevation of one of the roof sections; Fig. 10 is a sectional horizontal view through one end and portions of the sides showing the joints between sections; and Figf. 11 is a sectional View of portions of the roo A very eflicient embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawings, and I will now proceed to describe the same.

The building is made up of a front end 10, a back or rear end 11, and transverse units 12 which are connected together and form the complete building.

The front end 10 is composed of two corner sections 13 each comprising an angle iron frame, which is similar to the frame of the rear corner sections to be described, and

since they will be described in connection with the rear end a detailed description will These corner sections, however, are narrower, in the present embodiment, than the corner sections of the rear end. Sheet metal is secured upon this frame in any preferred manner and it is extended out beyond the ends of the upper. and lower rails for a purpose to be de scribed. To these corner sections are swung suitable doors 18 and 19. Mounted upon the two corner sections is a gable end comprising a plate 20 secured to a frame formed of a base rail 21 and two gable rails 22 and 23 which are secured together at their apex by a bracing web 24. This gable end has its base rail secured to the upper rails of the two corner sections 13 b bolts 24".

The rear end 11 of the building or barn is made up of corner sections 25 similar in all respects to the corner sections 13 but some what wider. Each of these sections is made up of an upright 26, a top rail 27 and a bottom rail 28 braced at their upper and lower corners by webs 2-9. These frames have secured to them sheet metal plates, preferably of corrugated iron, which extend beyond the ends of the top and bottom rails as does the sheet metal in the other corner section. One of'these corner sections in addition to having its sheet metal plate extended beyond the ends of the top and bottom rails, has its sheet metal plate extending beyond the opposite edge or beyond the edge of the upright 26', as shown at 29', so that it will lap over the intermediate-section to be described.

This construction is clearly shown inFig. 10.

The intermediate end section or sections, one being shown in the drawings, comprises a frame made up of uprights 30, a ,top rail 31, and a bottom rail 32 securely connected at their corners by webs 33. To the frame of this intermediate section is secured a plate of'corrugated iron, and this plate extends out at 33 beyond' the edge of the upright opposite to the extension 29 formed from the corner plate, as shown in Fig. 10, and this extension 33 laps over and nests, as it were, onto the plate of the adjacent cornersection so that there is a lap joint at each vertical seam. The intermediate section inserted in the back end of the building is similar in all res ects to the sections employed in the sides to e described so that the section for the side may be used in the back, and the back may be increased in width by the insertion of these sections. In this case, however, it would be necessary to change the gable end and the form of the roof, but, while this is not shown, it is a part of the spirit of the ,broad invention.

Between the ends of the building are .placed and properly secured, the intermediate transverse 'units 12, each of which is composed of two side sections one opposed to the other, and two gable roof sections, and the number of these transverse unit sections may be increased or diminished as desired to vary the length of the building.

Each of the side sections is similar in all respects to the intermediate rearend section already described, and comprises uprights 34,, an upper rail 35, and a lower rail 36 secured together at their corners by suitable webs 37. The frame of each of these sections has-secured to it a plate of corrugated iron, and this plate extends beyond the edge of one of the uprights, for the purpose of forming the lap joint described in connection with the rear end of the building. These sides have their adjacent uprights secured together by suitable bolts.

, The roof sections on each side of the ridge are made up of sections eachhaving a frame comprising'side members 38 and end members 39 connected together by suitable webs 40. The side members 38 at the lower end of the section are extended'beyond the end rail 39 and are beveled off, as shown in Fig. 11, so as to rest nicely upon the upper rails of'the side sections, while the side rails 38 at the upper endsof the section are extended beyond the rail 39 and have their side flanges cut away and the end portion of theother' flange bent up to form a lug 41, as shown in Fig. 11, each of these lugs is provided with an opening 42 for the reception of a bolt 43, and the angularity of these lugs with respect to the rail is such, that'at the ridge where two roof sections meet, these lugs come together with the opening of one registering with the opening of the other so that the bolt 43 may be secured therein. -Each of these roof section frames is provided with a plate of corrugated iron with the plate extending beyond one of the side rails for the purpose of lapping over onto the next adja cent section to form the lap joint on the roof to prevent leakage, and the plate is also continued beyond the lower ends of the roof sections so' as to' form eaves on either side of the building. A suitable ridge roll 44 is secured at the apex of the roof sections or at the ridge, and this ridge roll is so constructed that it will receive the connected lugs of the roof section frames and will prevent leakage at this point. This ridge roll may be secured to the roof in any suitable man ner. Y r

If it is desired to have a window in the building this may be brought about by providing one of the side sections with intermediate transverse rails 45 secured to the flanges of the side rails and having secured between them vertical side rails 46. The rails just described for the windoware of angle sections and are arranged so that the flanges, which are at right angles tothe plane of the side, are inward toward the window opening. To these flanges is secured the window frame 47 carrying suitable sash 48. All of the rails employed in making up the framesare preferably of angle iron with the flange which is at right-angles to the flange receiving the metal plate toward the edge of the section so that they will all have a fiat edge, as it were, around the section for engagement with the next adjacent section.

In providing securing means between the sections, holes may be punched in the rails and ordinary bolts or rivets employed, but I prefer to have the openings along one of the side rails of each section of key-hole shape, as shown at 49 in Fig. 5, with the metal swaged' outward from the plane of the flange of the rail and in toward the section forming a projection 49 so that the face of the metal about these openings inclines from the top of the opening to the bottom thereof, as shown in Figs. and 6. In conjunction with these inclined surfaces formed about the openings on one side of seen that in assembling the sections, the

heads 51.0f the bolts are passed through the enlarged portion of the openings 49 and the entire section is then moved so that the under surfaces of the bolt heads pass down the inclined faces, formed by the projection 49', thus causing the two sections to be tightly drawn together and after being secured in place relative to the remalning structure are held firmly and prevented from becoming disengaged;

Having described my invention, I claim 1. A building comprising a plurality of separable frames each consisting of side and endrails secured together in a rigid structure and provided with a plate secured to the frame and having a portion thereof extending out beyond one of the side rails and onto the plate of the adjacent section, said plates bejng independent of each other,

' and means for holding the frames together.

2. A building comprising end portions and transverse units each composed ofside sections and roof sectionsseparably connected together, each of said sections comprising a frame having side and end rails secured together in a rigid structure, and a plate secured to each frame and having a portion extending beyond its side rail and onto the adjacent plate of the adjacent section, said plates being independent of'each other.

3. A building comprising a plurality of separable frames each consisting of side rails and end rails secured together in a rigid structure and provided with a corrugated metal plate secured to the corresponding frame and having a portion extending beyond the side rail of suchframe and adapted to lap over and nest into the corrugations of the plate of the next adjacent section, and meansfor holding the frames together.

- 4. A building comprising end portions, sides and roof, said sides and roof being composed of interchangeable separable sections each consisting ofa frame having side and end rails secured together in a rigid struc' ture and provided with a corrugated plate secured to its corres onding frame and having.a portion exten ing beyond .the side rail of its frame, and means for holding the frames together. v

5. A building comprising a plurality of separable sections, each consisting of a frame, and a plate secured thereto the rail of the frame of one section having keyholed openings, and the adjacent rail of the frame of the adjacent section being provided with bolts for engagement in said opening. e

6. A building comprising a plurality of separable sections, each consisting of aframe and a plate secured thereto, the rail of the frame of one section having keyholed openings therein with inclined surfaces about the lower port-ion' of said openings and the adjacent side rail of the frame of the adjacent section being provided with bolts having heads adapted to engage the inclined surfaces about the key-holed opening and draw the sections tightly together to form a rigid structure.

7 A building comprising ends, sides, and

a gable roof made up of opposed separable interchangeable sections, each consisting of a frame, a metal plate secured thereto and extending beyond one side rail-thereof, and upwardly extending lugs, the lugs of one section. being adapted to meet the lugs of another section on the opposite side of the roof at the ridge, means for securing the lugs together, and a ridge roll for joining the roof sections at the ridge and adapted to envelop said lugs and their connections.

8. A building comprising end portions and transverse separable interchangeable units each made up of interchangeable side sections and interchangeable roof sections, each side section comprising a frame provided with a plate having a portion extending beyond one side upright and each roof section being composed of a frame and a plate having a portion. extending beyond one side rail thereof and having the side rails extended and bent up in the form of lugs whereby the lugs of one section will engage the lugs of the other section, means for securing the lugs together, and a ridge roll for joining the roof sections at the ridge and enveloping the lugs and their connecting means.

In testimony, whereof I afiix my. signature in presence of two witnesses as follows.

LOUIS SCHNUERER.

Witnesses Q INCY A. GILLMORE, F. .SCHAUWEK'ER. 

